A new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently exceed health limits while stoves are on and for hours after burners and ovens are turned off.
The veteran philanthropic and nonprofit leader will become the first executive director of the Doerr School of Sustainability’s highest-profile initiative.
A new report finds racial and economic segregation among schools has grown steadily in large school districts over the past 30 years – an increase that appears to be driven by policy decisions, not demographic changes.
Stanford Medicine researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools that provide a more accurate picture of a person’s mental health and flag those who need help.
This year’s Stanford Global Studies photo contest highlights the work of students who ventured abroad for research, language study, fieldwork, and internships.
High school students visited the university as part of Stanford’s Introduction to Bioengineering, a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communities with access to advanced material while encouraging them to apply to selective colleges.
To understand trade-offs for coastal communities along the Mesoamerican Reef, new research looks at watershed interventions regionally versus nationally.
Rapper and singer Blxst, comedian Zarna Garg, and Tony-winner David Henry Hwang, ’79, who will deliver the Rathbun Lecture on a Meaningful Life, are just a few of the artists who will share their work with the Stanford community in the coming months.
A new book by Angela Garcia describes a troubling type of underground residential treatment program that has emerged to help Mexico City’s poor survive drug violence.
Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University, the Board of Trustees has announced.
Big investors believe climate change will impact their portfolios in the coming years, a new report finds, but climate considerations aren’t driving their investment decisions.
How Karl Deisseroth’s lunches for a group of scientists, physicians, engineers, and students produced a silo-busting program to probe neuropsychiatric disease.
Three teams win Pac-12 championships, Stanford baseball clinches the series over Cal, and Joshua Karty is drafted by the LA Rams. Catch up on the latest athletics news.
